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A comment on Friedman and Rossi’s dialectical theory and the study of HIV/AIDS: a broad Marxist critique

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  1. Dussel (2007).

  2. See O’Manique (2004)

  3. I have argued that African leaders eager to address the situation of poverty on the continent accepted the Structural Adjustment Program imposed by the International Monetary Fund, but did not comply fully with its demands. This left African countries in situation of dependency which has taken root in the fight against HIV and AIDS. See, Bongmba (2007a). An African leaders response to HIV and AIDS, see: Bongmba (2007b, p. 28–39). See also Patterson (2006).

  4. Aynaga (2008).

  5. See, Bongmba (2007a).

  6. Bongmba (2007b).

  7. Other works addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic from a religious point of view include: Dube (2008); Patterson (2011); Nicolson (1996); Hinga et al. (2008); Phiri et al. (2003).

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Bongmba, E.K. A comment on Friedman and Rossi’s dialectical theory and the study of HIV/AIDS: a broad Marxist critique. Dialect Anthropol 35, 443–447 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-011-9245-7

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